Establishing a PPTP Connection from the Client
Client connections are easy to set up in Beta 2. Establishing a PPTP
connection from a Win2K workstation to a remote Win2K domain controller is a two-stage process. In stage 1, you create a connection to the dial-up ISP account you will use. In stage 2, you create a connection to the remote network via PPTP.
Stage 1. Creating a connection to the dial-up ISP account is simple because you just select which options you want. To begin, open Control Panel, Network Connections, Make New Connection to launch the Network Connection Wizard. The wizard prompts you to select an option, as Screen 3 shows, after which you click Next to go to the next screen. To proceed, follow these steps:
- Choose Dial-up to private network, and click Next.
- Specify the full telephone number of the ISP you want to dial. Click
Next.
- Specify whether the connection is for all users or just your account.
Click Next.
- Specify whether you want to share the dial-up connection with others on
the network. If you share the dial-up connection, specify whether the modem will
dial remote sites automatically when it receives requests for resources from
those sites. Click Next.
- Specify a name for the new network connection icon (e.g., ISP
Connection). Click Finish.
Win2K now adds a new ISP Connection icon to the Network Connections
folder. This icon is unavailable until you establish the connection.
Stage 1 is easy because you don't need to specify which modem to use, which
protocol to use, whether to redial, or any other relevant but tedious details.
The Network Connection Wizard chooses the defaults for you based on your
selection in Screen 3. To display the defaults that the wizard selects,
right-click the ISP Connection icon and choose Properties. The properties
displayed include the modem, type of dial-up server, and network components
bound to the connection.
Stage 2. Creating a connection to the remote network via
PPTP is simple. You use the Network Connection Wizard to select which options you want. Open Make New Connection to launch the wizard, and follow these steps:
- Select Virtual private network (VPN), which is the second option listed in Screen 3. Click Next.
- Specify the connection you want the computer to autodial first. The
wizard provides a list of connections, with the previously created ISP
Connection highlighted. Leaving the default ISP Connection highlighted, click Next.
- Specify the destination name or IP address of the Win2K server running Remote Access Service (RAS). Click Next.
- Specify whether the connection is for all users or just your account. Click Next.
- Specify whether you want to share the dial-up connection with others on the network, and enter a name for the new network connection icon. The default name is Virtual Private Connection. Click Finish.
Win2K now adds a new Virtual Private Connection icon to the Network
Connections folder. The icon will be unavailable.
At this point, you've gone as far as you can in setting up the client. Now you need to set up the server.
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